War department inquiry ordered over Blunders in conduct of war
A Washington report states President McKinley will order a full investigation into charges against the war department and care of soldiers. The probe aims to be military in nature, avoid politics, and place responsibility on the responsible parties, starting with the medical department. An inspector general officer will oversee it, with selection pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota Bank
Washington
St. Louis Globe Democrat
McKinley
War Department
Congress
Medical Department
Nut
Meikelsoln
Sternberg
Camp Thomas
Inspector General's Department
Alien
Aily
Des Moines
Thein
Minnesota Bank Looting Scandal Involving Preston Cashier
Todd, a cashier at a Fillmore County bank in Preston, confessed to stealing all deposit funds and implicated A. Gratten as his accomplice. Gratten warned of dire consequences if he did not falsify statements, with authorities in La Crosse, Wisconsin, urged to arrest him. The note, paid by the Presbyterian Church where Todd served as treasurer, resurfaces as collateral in a La Crosse bank, sparking community outrage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ganhier
Preston Institution
Uoufonser
Desdamer
Todd
Fillmore
LaCrosse
Wis
Presbyterian Church
Trouble in Watch Factory Strike Threatens to Tie Up Elgin
A strike at the Elgin National Watch Company plants 122 finishers and sympathy workers walk out to demand restoration of old pay grades. One assembly room halted. workers await a call from the Watch Workers' Union. The other room reports only waiting for strike action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin
National Watch Company
Urge Expulsion of Friars in the Philippines
A Europe based Philippines Appeals committee asks President McKinley to expel friars in the Philippines as a moral sanitation measure. They cite the Manila archbishop and bishops of Nueva Segovia and Nueva Caceres for alleged hostility to Jesuits and other religious orders. The letter urges suppression of institutions allegedly fostering immorality and states the nation’s honor will not allow U S protection of the friars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee of “Philippines
Philippine Islands Committee
Europe
McKinley
America
Manila
Nueva Sagovia
Nueva Caseres
Philippines
Ex-Gov Matthews Dead in Wingate Indiana
Former Indiana governor Claude Matthews died at 5:80 Sunday morning at the M. E. Harry homestead in Wingate after a sudden illness. Born December 14, 1805 in Bath County Kentucky, he moved to Indiana in 1808 and helped found agricultural and cattle breeders groups. He served in the legislature in 1887 and was secretary of state before becoming governor in 1892, famed for driving out Roby gamblers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
M. E. Harry
Wingate
Ind
Claude Matthews
Gov. Matthews
Bath County
Kentucky
Vermidston County
Indiana Southern Breeders’ Association
National Association of Southern Cattle Breeders
United States
Canada
Matthews
Roby Gamblers
Czar Advocates Peace Move With Disarmament Plan
Emperor Nicholas directs Count Mouraviell to present a note at St Petersburg proposing an international conference to secure lasting peace and curb armaments. The czar sees now as a favorable moment to inaugurate the movement and invites all powers to participate in securing real peace and ending the Progressive era arms race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tursia
Europe
Nicholas
Mouraviell
St. Petersburg
Czar
Lins
Soldiers in a wreck kill two volunteers in Alabama
Two New York volunteers were killed when a transport train derailed near Birmingham Alabama after a high speed run. Five cars jumped the track while a damaged engine and fender caused the wreck. Soldiers blame excessive speed as the cause and a special sale soldier, Tustiain Grettod, was aboard as a special soldier.
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Metis
Naabyitle
Birmingham
Ala
Mixed War News and Disasters Across Continents
Reports from Spain praise civil war conduct and American artillery superiority as officers alight in Corunna. A voyage to Victoria brings postal inspector Clam and Pinecreek relief pleas amid Alaska ferries and winter hardships. A Kansas court martial convicts Tr. Duncan of grave desecration at Bull Run, with a five year sentence. Berlin mourns Frau Danneberg amid son’s Cuba service and a fatal injury from a collapsed trench. A Italian suburb tragedy leaves eighteen dead after a sinking roof collapse. Bruix rumor denied, Brui x to Saigon. Naval exam favors Nebson for promotion to naval constructor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tr. Duncan
Twenty-second
Kansas
Bull Run
Wreck on F and P M Circus Excursion at Port Biron
Collision on Flint and Pere Marquette Railway at Port Hu ron Mich injures twelve or more as Almont train carrying circus excursionists overturns four cars and a Saginaw division No 6 train derails. Havoc follows a Texas cavalry stampede in San Antonio injuring several onlookers.
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Port Biron
Mich
Flint and
Pere Marquette
Port Huron
Almont
Saginaw
Texas Cavalry
San Antonio
Jfort Sam Touston
Pope Leo's Present Wealth and Naval News
The pontificate of Leo SUE is reported to have amassed 26 million dollars in precious gifts and jewels valued at 10,009,000. Admiral Sampoon heads to Cuba with no command change, while Commodore Thilip oversees ship repairs in New York. General Cassing M. Clay pays for a farm for Nora Richardson, who refuses to live with him. The steamer Hope returns to St Johns after a Greenland voyage with the Peary expedition.
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Leo
Leo Sue
Sampoon
Cuba
North Atlantic
Thilip
Fie
New York
Hope
St. Johns
N.J
Greenland
Bartlett
Cattle and grain prices listed across major markets
The report catalogs live cattle hogs sheep and grain quotes from markets in Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Cleveland Toledo Milwaukee New York and Western region trading centers. Highlights include hogs and sheep price ranges and No 2 red wheat and corn quotes with regional variations.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
Harley
New Y York
Sixteen Sailors Drowned in Ocean Collision
The Norge, en route from Christningsand on Aug 12 with 142 steerage passengers and 33 second cabin travelers, collided with the French fishing schooner La Coquette off the Grand Bank. Captain Guiguere and eight seamen were saved. sixteen men perished. Thick fog at Newfoundland banks preceded a sudden appearance of a full-sailed schooner across the bow, forcing attempts to stop but too late to avert sinking.
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Norge
la Coquette
Bayonne
France
Oy Securty
Grand Banke
Guiguere
Christingsand
New Foundland
Wkaudson
Sid
Cause of the Trouble Link of Railway Contention
The article outlines the competing claims over a railway line from Nieu Chwang to Shan batkwan, with Britain lacking concession from China and Russia opposing its construction. It describes the line as a key segment of a broader network linking Manchuria with a transcontinental route, tying China to a continental system through Shan-hai-kwun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Russia
Nieu Chwang
Shan Batkwan
China
Chin
Niet Chwang
Shan-hai-kwun
Railroad link to Tien-Tsin joins great Yangtse valley
The map shows a new railroad project connecting Tien-Tsin with the Yangtse valley. Contracts are being let and materials purchased for the line that would link Siberia with China’s productive basin. The disputed railroad forms a link in an area system sought by Russia and England for control of this strategic corridor.
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Vien-tsin
Tien-Tsin
Yangtse
Siberia
China
Husaia
England
Wind Storm Tramples Crowd at Columbus County Fair
A severe wind storm at the Columbus Indiana county fair caused a fatal trampling and a death from a falling tree. Mrs Samuel Cooper died in the crowd racing toward the grove and open fields while Charles Harmen was struck by a falling tree. Many injured and property losses approach 40 000 dollars with tents and buildings toppled. The Syracuse NY storm damage cited over 100000 in wreckage including fifty dwellings and the state fair grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colusbne
Ind
Samuel Cooper
Charles Harmen
Syracuse
Mrs. Botkin Arrested in Poison Candy Case
Mrs. Dunning and Mrs. Deane died after consuming poisoned candy in Dover Del. Mrs. D.A. Botkin is held in San Francisco jail. Witness Frank Gatrell, a Stockton candy salesman, identifies a woman matching Botkin, who supplied chocolate laced candy. Postal inspectors trace the box through mails from San Francisco to Omaha and Denver.
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Delaware
Frank Gatrell
Stockton
World and Local Gleanings in Brief Notes
The survey notes 2350 foreign students at German universities this summer. Mexico claims the world’s largest locomotive, 280000 pounds with tender. Brain weight claims vary, noting exceptions in Scotland. Bavaria establishes a special professorship in Munich for Bavarian history under Dr Siegmund Legler. A line soldier in England costs 0755 yearly, often a boy or invalid. Oxford diocese has 288 church bell ringers, largest in any diocese. Siberian railway denunciations appear in Russian papers for teaching natives to rob trains. An Evr dex article questions Greek descent in modern Greeks, noting partial Slavic links.
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Gorman
Mexico
China
Srotland
Riesensehirge
Germany
University of Munich
Siegmund Legler
England
Blackwood
Oxford
Lxeter
Sevon
Siberian
Evare Dex Ders Morndes
Ponille
Harvest hand Kelley wounded in altercation near Alvord
Sioux City harvest hand Kelley and another man fought over cattle hides near Alvord. They beat a butcher for pay, fled toward Doon, and were shot by Marshal Schnee after resisting capture. Kelley sustained shoulder and leg wounds and was bound over to the September grand jury session. Partner dismissed.
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Hani Lrouvie
Kelley
Sioux City
Alvordi
Rock Rapids
Grand
Norther
Alvord
Doon
Double Iowa Tragedy and Local Crises Reported
A Russell businessman killed his young daughter and himself amid mounting debt and personal crisis. Other items note a dentist chair death in Cresco, a postoffice theft arrest in Burlington, a drowning near Dubuque, a longshore retirement in Tama county, and a Yukon gold return tale.
Lightning Strike Kills 19 Year Old Frank Husky at Pratt Ranch
Frank Husky, 19, was instantly killed by lightning while working with alfaifa hay herds on the Pratt & Ferris ranch near the North Platte River. The report notes local Marion McPherson Ninth District residents and mentions a contentious election with ballots and votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Husky
Pratt & Ferris
North Platte River
Marion
Iowa and region digest of rural news and incidents
Farmers near Ogden lose hogs to cholera. Over 4,000 attend Gass County veterans reunion at Anita. Iowa towns report minstrel organizations and fair-related delays. Des Moines greets Omaha exposition crowds. Cedar Rapids and Keosanqua events noted. A Fort Madison convict outbreak and thefts shuffle state crime map. Routine agricultural yields and shipping figures appear with local accidents and weather.
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Mee Clnton
Paul Elifers
Dubuque
Ogden
Gass County
Anita
Des Moines
Sioux City
Dar
Towa
William Hull
Cedar Rapids
Jefferson County
Hudson
Malachi Vinson
Old Settlers
Keosanqua
William Calhoun
Cogton
Iowa
Charles Brown
Loring
LeMars
North Tama County
Gates
Iowa Library Association
Fort Madison
Seaboard
Galveston
Polf
Silas Hawking
Peter Foy
Independence
John
Marr
New Nampton
Fils
Reokuk
Fis
Dusingas
Volunives
Florida
Posalbie
United States
Murphy
Webster City
Beck Yeung
Daha Ramsey
Woodward
Jowa
Fima
Charlies Brown
Brighton
Grand
Wondbuary County
C. Mott A. Gadenfield
J.C. Brown
Mall
D. V. Tackson
Magentine
Mason City
Fort Dodge
Lehign
Pant Gable
Primghear
Oserola
Delavet
Cadar Rapids
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Osborne
Isle of Wight
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Japan
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Suffolk
Conn
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Madrid
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Victoria
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Berlin
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Saalter
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Nebson
United Typothetae of America
Meighere
Hetchon Observatory
Matsachusetta
Masara
Chayen
Ferguson
Vahl
Seba
Clay
Vie
Gen. Cassing M. Clay
Pinkard
Nora Richardson
Both
Mrs. Botkin
Ack Kelley
Yon County
Aeah
Russell
W. MM. Newell
Himaself
Huiscamp Bros
Keokuk
Bentlay
Olaistead & Co
Thomas Mardy
Cresco
J. A. Barrett
Baronerts
Postofics
Herman J. Winkler
Burlington Postoffics Department
United
Mayer
Winkler
Maite
Hiebocke&, Snd
Tronvle
Dubuqua
Nixoh
Geiweih
Gutterfield
Towa Falle
Whiting
Finn
A. WH. Evans
McCauslana
Ida Grove
Leary Webb
Usthiys
Webb
Cedar Rapids Bay
Joe Galorraio
Lalian
Mnake
Boont Man van Fortunate
Hamilton Trulse
Klondike
Boone
Yukon River
Dalliver
Bramet County
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Hailets
Shenti Rim
Esi
Wae
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